Module 1: Introduction to ANSYS Workbench

• Introduction to ANSYS Workbench
• Role of CAE in engineering
• ANSYS Workbench interface
• Project schematic
• Analysis systems
• Engineering simulation workflow
• Applications of ANSYS Workbench

Module 2: ANSYS Workbench Interface

• Workbench project environment
• Toolbox and analysis systems
• Project schematic
• System components
• Connections between analysis systems
• Project management
• File and data management

Module 3: Engineering Data

• Introduction to Engineering Data
• Material properties
• Structural material properties
• Thermal material properties
• Mechanical properties
• Elastic and plastic properties
• Creating custom materials
• Material library management

Module 4: Geometry Creation & Import

• Geometry preparation for simulation
• Importing CAD models
• SpaceClaim introduction
• DesignModeler overview
• Sketching and basic modeling
• Solid and surface geometry
• Geometry cleanup
• Design modifications

Module 5: Geometry Simplification

• Preparing simulation-ready geometry
• Removing unnecessary features
• Defeaturing
• Geometry repair
• Symmetry concepts
• Creating simplified models
• Named selections
• Geometry validation

Module 6: Meshing Fundamentals

• Introduction to finite element meshing
• Types of mesh elements
• Tetrahedral and hexahedral elements
• Mesh sizing
• Element quality
• Global mesh controls
• Local mesh refinement
• Mesh generation workflow

Module 7: Advanced Meshing

• Face and body sizing
• Edge sizing
• Inflation layers
• Automatic and manual mesh controls
• Curvature-based refinement
• Proximity-based refinement
• Mesh quality improvement
• Mesh independence concepts

Module 8: Static Structural Analysis

• Introduction to structural analysis
• Static structural systems
• Applying material properties
• Loads and supports
• Force and pressure loading
• Fixed and displacement supports
• Solving structural problems
• Understanding structural results

Module 9: Stress & Deformation Analysis

• Total deformation
• Directional deformation
• Equivalent stress
• Principal stresses
• Elastic strain
• Stress concentration
• Result interpretation
• Engineering design evaluation

Module 10: Thermal Analysis

• Introduction to thermal simulation
• Steady-state thermal analysis
• Transient thermal analysis
• Temperature boundary conditions
• Heat flux
• Convection
• Thermal radiation concepts
• Temperature distribution

Module 11: Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis

• Thermal-structural interaction
• Thermal expansion
• Temperature-dependent deformation
• Thermal stresses
• Transfer of thermal results
• Structural response to temperature
• Coupled simulation workflow
• Engineering applications

Module 12: Dynamic Analysis

• Introduction to dynamic analysis
• Modal analysis
• Natural frequency
• Mode shapes
• Harmonic response concepts
• Transient structural analysis
• Vibration analysis
• Dynamic loading

Module 13: Computational Fluid Dynamics Workflow

• Introduction to CFD within ANSYS
• CFD analysis systems
• Geometry preparation for fluid analysis
• Fluid domain creation
• Meshing for CFD
• Fluent workflow overview
• Boundary condition concepts
• CFD result interpretation

Module 14: Contact & Nonlinear Analysis

• Introduction to contact analysis
• Bonded contact
• Frictional contact
• Frictionless contact
• Contact detection
• Nonlinear material concepts
• Large deformation
• Nonlinear solution considerations

Module 15: Analysis Setup & Solution

• Analysis settings
• Solver controls
• Load steps
• Convergence settings
• Solution controls
• Solver execution
• Monitoring solution progress
• Troubleshooting analysis errors

Module 16: Post-Processing & Results

• Results evaluation
• Contour plots
• Deformation visualization
• Stress and strain results
• Temperature contours
• Reaction forces
• Result probes
• Graphs and charts
• Report generation

Module 17: Design Optimization & Parametric Analysis

• Parameter creation
• Engineering design parameters
• Design point concepts
• Parametric studies
• Design comparison
• Sensitivity analysis
• Basic optimization concepts
• Improving engineering designs

Module 18: ANSYS Workbench Project Management

• Project organization
• Data sharing between systems
• Engineering data transfer
• Updating analysis systems
• Dependency management
• Project archiving
• Result management
• Simulation documentation

Module 19: Practical ANSYS Workbench Projects

• Structural bracket analysis
• Beam and plate analysis
• Thermal component analysis
• Modal analysis project
• Contact analysis project
• CFD workflow project
• Design parameter study
• Engineering result documentation

Module 20: Final ANSYS Workbench Project

• Engineering problem selection
• CAD geometry preparation
• Material definition
• Mesh generation
• Analysis setup
• Loads and boundary conditions
• Solver configuration
• Simulation
• Post-processing
• Result interpretation
• Design improvement
• Final technical report and presentation